Strong Mind. Brave Heart. Black Belt Life.
This isn’t just a book, it’s a journey of transformation.
Whether you’re looking to level up in your career, relationships, wellbeing, parenting, or personal growth, You Can Live a Black Belt Life offers a proven path forward.
Say goodbye to anxiety, self-doubt, and negative self-talk. Step into a life of purpose, confidence, and resilience.
Rooted in martial arts wisdom and powered by neuroscience, philosophy, and human behaviour, each belt unlocks a deeper level of awareness and inner strength, until you live with the focus, courage, and mastery of a true black belt.
Positive change is quite literally at your fingertips.
All you have to do… is turn the pages.
Discover how Phil Toogood shaped a life-changing philosophy, forged through business, leadership, sport, and real-life experience. Blending mindfulness, neuroscience, and martial arts wisdom, You Can Live a Black Belt Life offers more than insight; it’s a blueprint for transformation.
“This isn’t just another self-help book. It’s your journey. Follow the syllabus, earn each belt, and you’ll stand with the black belts in life.”
“You Can Live a Black Belt Life’ is a book that I began reading heading into the daunting task of a major spinal surgery. I can honestly say that reading Phil’s book has helped me discover a variety of tools that has enhanced my outlook on life.”
Adi Ashok
“If I could go back in time and give myself, as a young man one piece of advice, it would be to read this book”.
Jeff Russel
“The easy to follow steps and tools in this book will give you the confidence and self belief to make changes or face problems in your personal or professional life.”
Dave Brooker
“This is an amazing book. Beautifully written and so inspirational. Highly recommended.”
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The Readers Journey
Chapter One: White Belt
‘Attitude is Everything’
The journey of true transformation starts here. This chapter prepares your mind, sets your intention, and lights up your pathway to personal mastery.
Chapter Two: Orange Belt
‘Cognitive Core Strength’
Discover your true self from the inside out. Here, you unlock a life-changing model that becomes your lifelong armour.
Chapter Three: Red Belt
‘The Secret to Goal Setting’
With a strong foundation in place, it’s time to design bold, meaningful goals using a unique system built for true, lasting change.
Chapter Four: Yellow Belt
‘Control and Conquer’
Now learn the science of stress and its impact on your body and mind. Gain tools from neuroscience that unlock calm, clarity, and control.
Chapter Five: Green Belt
‘A Mind Less Full’
This is your personal antidote to stress. You’ll learn powerful techniques that transform pressure into power, which is game-changing for life and leadership.
Chapter Six: Purple Belt
‘Mind and Body Mastery’
Tap into deep alignment. This chapter connects mindset, movement, and presence to raise your performance on every level.
Chapter Seven: Brown Belt
‘Define Your Purpose’
You’ve built the structure and have the tools to defeat negative thinking, sharpen self-awareness, and power up your goals with unstoppable momentum. Now you need the fuel to drive you to your destination.
Chapter Eight: Black Belt
‘Sensei’
You are about to reach status of sensei.
Chapter Nine: Beyond Black Belt
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream” – C.S. Lewis
You’ve earned your mastery. You are the Sensei now, confident, clear, and capable of leading yourself and others. The journey never ends. Reflect, regroup, and live a black belt life, one of continued growth, contribution, and impact.
Don’t Just Read a Book. Start Living a Black Belt Life.
Author
Phil is a successful life, performance and transformational coach and a sensei in karate.
Throughout his life he has shown an unrelenting love of sport, fitness, well-being, martial arts, leadership and above all personal development. He also became a student of mindfulness, which delivered an unparalleled positive change to his life.
He trained with the NeuroLeadership Institute becoming a brain-based coach and has since continued with his quest for knowledge, studying positive psychology and well-being, neuroscience, emotional intelligence, mindfulness and basically anything relating to helping people grow or transform.
He has taken this, together with his own work / life experiences, a lifetime spent in competitive cricket and the principles of karate to create his own unique, powerful and successful coaching system that has subsequently delivered incredible results.
Born in Sudbury, Suffolk, Phil now resides in the historic village of Lavenham where the streets and houses were famously used for scenes in the Harry Potter movie franchise.
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